The man convicted of the UK’s worst mass murder was released after Tony Blair’s Government had advised Tripoli the man convicted of downing the Pan Am flight 103 the Maid of the Seas was held in Scotland and subject to Scottish law but Blair’s government had control of Foreign policy. Two hundred and seventy were killed when the plane was destroyed.

Wikileaks has released leaked US diplomatic cables which show the US Government was complicit since it knew of the talks and had been briefed.

Which was more than the Scottish Government and the Scots First Minister Alex Salmond today says Blair’s ministers were “playing false”

The Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill released the bomber 15 months ago after being told Megraghi had three months to live.

One memo, obtained by WikiLeaks and seen by The Glasgow Herald, refers to a 2008 letter sent to Tripoli outlining how to secure the compassionate release of prisoners held in Scottish jails.

The memo, marked as classified and written by Richard LeBaron, US diplomat and chargé d’affaires at the American embassy in London, discusses how Megrahi “could have as long as five years to live, although the average life expectancy of someone of his age with his condition is 18 months to two years”.

Former justice secretary Jack Straw has previously denied that pressure from Libya had played any part in the Megrahi decision.

The memo also says while Scotland’s Justice Minister, Kenny MacAskill, would normally make the final decision on compassionate release, First Minister Alex Salmond “told Jack Straw that he will make the final decision in this case”.

In Scotland the decision was said to be entirely that of the Justice Secretary. Technically Salmond should never have had a say in the issue.

The cable also says Salmond “expressed his ire” to Tony Blair “for not consulting Scotland beforehand” over an intention to pursue a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya in 2007.

…or the likes of wikileaks .oh..& Anorak of course…
I wonder where are Cheryl & Clive on this one…?

June

The whole affair stank of NuLab, you just had to sniff the water running down the drain….

Cheryl

Percy, I read it yesterday and wanted time to think it over. Remember we found out some time back that the US did indeed know of his going to be released but all documents or exchanges have been kept secret and the officials aren’t releasing them over there. That is why I was so anxious for the Committee Hearings to take place, so the public here could be aware that our Government officials’ hands were not so clean in this. All that so called ‘outrage’ over his release from officials over here was nothing but to cover-up the truth that we knew about it before hand. I also wanted the other truth to be exposed in those Hearings so everyone over here would know that his so-called compassionate release was nothing but a lie and it was all about the ‘black gold’.
I’ve always felt sorry for MacAskill, as it was obvious he was picked to be the ‘fall guy’ for when the real truth why Megrahi was released was finally exposed to the public.